From: Evaluation of bone mineral density of the lumbar spine using a novel phantomless dual-energy CT post-processing algorithm in comparison with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
DXA
DECT
Patients (n)
47
Lumbar vertebrae (n)
186
Mean BMD
0.985 ± 0.306 g/cm2
86.8 ± 33.5 mg/cm3
Range
0.661–1.420 g/cm2
28.5–289.1 mg/cm3
Diagnosis of osteoporosis (n)
10a
17b